Kolbuszowa County

Kolbuszowa County (Polish: powiat kolbuszowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kolbuszowa, which lies 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.

The county covers an area of 773.93 square kilometres (298.8 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 61,399, out of which the population of Kolbuszowa is 9,172 and the rural population is 52,227.

[edit] Neighbouring counties

Kolbuszowa County is bordered by Tarnobrzeg County and Stalowa Wola County to the north, Nisko County to the north-east, Rzeszów County to the south-east, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County to the south, and Mielec County to the west.

[edit] Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Kolbuszowa	urban-rural	170.6	24,486	Kolbuszowa
Gmina Majdan Królewski	rural	155.8	9,634	Majdan Królewski
Gmina Cmolas	rural	134.1	7,874	Cmolas
Gmina Raniżów	rural	96.8	7,185	Raniżów
Gmina Dzikowiec	rural	121.7	6,440	Dzikowiec
Gmina Niwiska	rural	95.2	5,780	Niwiska

[edit] References

Polish official population figures 2006

v • d • e Kolbuszowa County

Seat: Kolbuszowa Urban-rural gmina: Gmina Kolbuszowa Rural gminas: Gmina Cmolas • Gmina Dzikowiec • Gmina Majdan Królewski • Gmina Niwiska • Gmina Raniżów

v • d • e Counties of Subcarpathian Voivodeship

City counties: Rzeszów (capital) • Krosno • Przemyśl • Tarnobrzeg Land counties: Bieszczady • Brzozów • Dębica • Jarosław • Jasło • Kolbuszowa • Krosno • Łańcut • Lesko • Leżajsk • Lubaczów • Mielec • Nisko • Przemyśl • Przeworsk • Ropczyce-Sędziszów • Rzeszów • Sanok • Stalowa Wola • Strzyżów • Tarnobrzeg